2 Corinthians 5:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

These tents we now live in are like a heavy burden, and we groan. But we don't do this just because we want to leave these bodies that will die. It is because we want to change them for bodies that will never die.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:2

While we are here on earth, we sigh because we want to live in that heavenly home.

Isaiah 25:8

The Lord All-Powerful will destroy the power of death and wipe away all tears. No longer will his people be insulted everywhere. The Lord has spoken!

2 Peter 1:13

In fact, I think I should keep on reminding you until I leave this body.

Isaiah 38:12

My life was taken from me like the tent that a shepherd pulls up and moves. You cut me off like thread from a weaver's loom; you make a wreck of me day and night.

Romans 8:23

The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future. But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children. This means that our bodies will also be set free.

1 Corinthians 15:51

I will explain a mystery to you. Not every one of us will die, but we will all be changed.

2 Corinthians 5:3

We want to put it on like clothes and not be naked.